The Swamp

Bryce Harper is good at baseball. Two HRs today. Strasburg is pretty good too.

Didn't Zaz go to St. Cloud State? Apparently Mr. D doesn't have the market cornered on miracle runs in the Big Dance.

One other thing that was discussed -- whether it is included by the sellers in the purchase price or not, consider paying for a home warranty. I may be in the minority on this, but the money is worth the piece of mind. I use a company called American Home Shield and I've been happy with the service/...

Any other tips are always appreciated. How to find a good mortgage company, etc. (I say this because my buddy bought his first house with his wife and they went with a local mortgage company. Someone they could find and get ahold of for questions, etc. Their mortgage was sold to Chase 3 days after ...

Looks like FHA loans do have mortgage insurance, but they call it MIP instead of PMI. And it can actually cost you more. http://www.realtor.com/home-finance/mortgages/understanding-fha-loans.aspx?source=web" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Yeah, but for a first home, it's pr...

He's 32. He's had six years to rewrite his defining moment. But yeah, Romo could definitely be worse, and their GM sucks, so they probably had to pay him. Right. The issue is who do you replace him with. If you assume that Romo is at worst league average (and I'd argue he's closer to about 8th-12th...

Brontoburglar wrote:I don't understand the Romo hate. Yeah, he's farted away games, but the Cowboys wouldn't be in the position they were in to fart away the games in the first place without Romo playing well to get them there.

Yeah, despite playing for the Cowboys he's arguably the most underrated QB in the NFL.

Probably sets the bar for Cutler, who is a free agent after this coming season. Not too happy about that, although the Bears should look into extending him now to free up some cap space for this year. Yeah, same with Stafford. Lions are probably looking at about 6 yrs, $110M or so, but Stafford's g...

Probably sets the bar for Cutler, who is a free agent after this coming season. Not too happy about that, although the Bears should look into extending him now to free up some cap space for this year. Yeah, same with Stafford. Lions are probably looking at about 6 yrs, $110M or so, but Stafford's g...

Cowboys paid the going rate for Romo. Hell, he's a way better QB than Flacco, who got stupid money.

I lost only two bets in the Sweet 16, both by one half point (tOSU -3.5 and Florida -12.5). Oh well. Still a good weekend so far.

Shirley wrote:Those fun kids who play the Right Way may not get to fifty in this game.

Damn, the Haterade is strong with you. Not every team can be Duke.

DC47 wrote:Real power crowdsourcing would be a design contest.

Or just throw some money PDX's way since he does that shizz for a living.

I think it's the best thing in the world that Grateful Dead fans hate each other.

Damn, Michigan State is playing like a bunch of knuckleheads late in this game. Down 9 and fouling with 2 seconds left on the shot clock?

Holy Crap. He is good but I just don't understand these long term deals. Is it just a risk/reward thing? Congrats on the sign Brian/Tigers fans. He is great. Hope that doesn't bite you in the ass. He's been remarkably injury-free (which scares me in a way), but this deal doesn't worry me as much as...

Holy Crap. He is good but I just don't understand these long term deals. Is it just a risk/reward thing? Congrats on the sign Brian/Tigers fans. He is great. Hope that doesn't bite you in the ass. He's been remarkably injury-free (which scares me in a way), but this deal doesn't worry me as much as...

Whoa. Tigers extend Verlander for 7 years, $180M (with a vesting option for 8 years, $202M). I did not see that coming. Verlander had been saying for quite some time he might look forward to being a free agent (not saying he necessarily wanted to leave Detroit, but that he might want to experience f...

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BSF21 wrote:It's a quiet day on facebook in Hoosier country.

lolz.

Yeah, I have a few Indiana fans on Facebook and they were crowing and talking shit all season. Not so much today.

Just saw that Google Bots are listed in the users browsing the forum. Not sure why I think that's cool. I like the idea of them having their own login (and of course they don't login, but well -- whatever.)

Ricky Romero sent down to Single-A! Dunedin. Absolutely fallen off the map. Has there ever been an opening day pitcher optioned to Single-A the following year? I was just going to ask he exact same thing. Really just assumed at first that the Jays sent Romero to Triple-A Buffalo of the Internationa...

Honestly, a dig wouldn't faze me right now. It would be like mocking me because the supermodel wouldn't blow me again. Fully aware this is likely the best I'll ever see and made sure I enjoyed it. In that case...nah, I'm just kidding. I'm not going to say I was rooting for La Salle (Wichita State i...

The old Brian might have thrown a dig Mr. D's way, but I know how much that shit hurts. They had a very non-zero chance of going to the Final Four. That's once in a lifetime stuff for a mid-major. Some (most?) of you guys will never understand.

That's brutal. I've never seen Depeche Mode in concert but I have a few bootlegs of their shows. And every one of them is less than 90 minutes. A typical Depeche Mode show is around 75 minutes. Or about a third of a Springsteen show. They are very good (surprisingly good) live though. I'd probably ...

I should have probably ranted about this here instead of boring people with it on Facebook, but the venue hosting Depeche Mode in Las Vegas for their fall tour wants $160 for the cheapest seats. Cheapest seats in San Diego and LA (granted for larger venues) are $40 and $50 respectively. Gotta be fu...

Like if you would answer the door. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/539853_413573672070139_893239551_n.jpg Oh damn, I wish someone would post that on my wall, but I cut loose all of the Jesus freaks awhile ago. Because if some guy came dressed to your door looking like that, the LAST thi...

I should have probably ranted about this here instead of boring people with it on Facebook, but the venue hosting Depeche Mode in Las Vegas for their fall tour wants $160 for the cheapest seats. Cheapest seats in San Diego and LA (granted for larger venues) are $40 and $50 respectively. Gotta be fuc...

Ah, downsizing. Yes. When we moved from one yurt to another, here in YYJ, we got rid of a ton of stuff. Furniture, mostly. But it wasn't enough. We still have to have a gigantic yard sale or something. I just don't need three sets of golf clubs. Guitars, yes. But not golf clubs. Actually, when we m...

I don't know if this is the real or Onion thread, but is this story real....or Onion

WalMart mulls letting customers deliver purchases to online shoppers

Last year's Sanchez/Infante deal most notably. I'll grant that Dombrowski has generally gotten good return when dealing prospects, with the exception of the Jair Jurrjens deal (though that was offseason), but it's frustrating to continually see the long-term mortgaged for the short term when the Tig...

You'd like to see him take that letter to another level though.

"I got my college girlfriend pregnant just by giving her an intense stare."

I like what the Tigers are doing. Keeping six quality starting pitchers is smart, given that they have absolutely nothing but hopes and prayers in the minors. They've got good relief pitchers. If no closer emerges, they can deal for another arm in July. Too, the rotation may be so strong that the n...

I'm sure I'm being Mr. Obvious here, but just make Porcello the closer. His stuff would play up something crazy in the pen. Yeah, that was discussed during spring training and the fact that Porcello pitched pretty well out of the pen in the playoffs probably added to it. It's a great idea in theory...

Sabo wrote:I just read on Twitter that Rondon has been optioned to the minors.

Well, there you go. Maybe the Tigers traded Porcello for the some other third-tier closer.

Ravens be stealing their logo from SeaWorld, yo!

Please, just read this. Sums up this thread to a T.

I guess we'll just have to take your word for it.

I'm still shaking my head over all of the hand-wringing about the Tigers closer situation. Latest reports are that the Tigers offered Rick Porcello to the Padres for Huston Street, who if the reports are believed turned them down. I'm not sure what's crazier -- the Tigers offering that deal or the P...

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